In brief: Man arrested in Kingston strangulation

Man arrested, accused in Kingston strangulation

KINGSTON - Police say a man accused of killing a woman while on parole for robbery has been arrested in Manhattan and charged with second-degree murder.

Kingston Police Lt. Thierry Croizer said 49-year-old Audelis Cruz was identified as a person of interest in the strangulation killing of 45-year-old Anita Jacobs-Royer and traced Sunday to a subway station.

State records show Cruz spent about 18 years in prison for first-degree robbery convictions in 1986 and 2001. He was most recently released in June.

Croizer said that Cruz lives across the city from where Jacobs-Royer was found dead in her home on Feb. 3 and investigators are still working on a motive for the attack.

Cruz is due in court Wednesday.

Gipson to speak after tour of Roosevelt, Val-Kill

HYDE PARK - State Sen. Terry Gipson, D-Rhinebeck, will hold a press conference Wednesday afternoon outside of the Franklin D. Roosevelt home after touring the Val-Kill and Roosevelt estates in the town.

Gipson plans to discuss his efforts to continue the Roosevelt legacy and talk about important upcoming events for the estate.

He will also take questions about his recently proposed legislation.

"As the first Democratic state senator elected from this district since Franklin Roosevelt, I feel a strong connection to this history and the former President himself," Gipson said in a statement.